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Omar El Akkad
“And it may seem now like it’s someone else’s children, but there’s no such thing as someone else’s children.”
Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Omar El Akkad
“One of the hallmarks of Western liberalism is an assumption in hindsight of virtuous resistance as the only polite expectation of people on the receiving end of colonialism. While the terrible thing is happening, while the land is still being stolen, and the natives still being killed, any form of opposition is terroristic and must be crushed for the sake of civilization. But decades, centuries later, when enough of the land has been stolen and enough of the natives killed, it is safe enough to venerate resistance in hindsight. I tell stories for a living and there’s a thick thread of narrative by well-meaning white Westerners that exalts the native populations in so many parts of the world for standing up to the occupiers. Makes of their narrative a neat, reflexive arc in which it was always understood by the colonized and, this part implied, the descendants of the colonizer, that what happened was wrong.”
Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Omar El Akkad
“In times like these, one remarkable difference between the modern Western conservative and their liberal counterpart is that the former will gleefully sign their name on the side of the bomb while the latter will just sheepishly initial it.”
Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Omar El Akkad
“Anything to avoid contending with the possibility that all this killing wasn’t the result of a system abused, but a system functioning exactly as intended.”
Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Jefferson Fisher
“Speaking directly doesn’t mean you lack empathy or consideration for the other person’s feelings. Being direct means that you have the self-assurance that you can respect the other person, as well as yourself, enough to communicate your needs openly without fear.”
Jefferson Fisher, The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More

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